Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-08-31
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ORIENTAL advices state that the Chi
nese papers speak at considerable length
of the proposed Chinese American bank,
negotiations for which are said to have
been conducted successfully by Count
Mitkewoz on behalf of Philadelphia syn
dictate. The capital is half that of China
and the management jointly Chinese and
American. All government loans arc to be
negotiated by the bank and all payments
| for war material public works and foreign
| embassies are to be made through the
bank. Paper money is TO be issued under
| the governments sanction and the mint is
| to be under the charge Of the bank. The
same syndicate is given large privileges
| for the conduction Of the telephone
| business.
The first through passenger train on the
| new branch Of the Missouri Pacific from
Auburn, Neb.. to Lincoln went over the
| road the other day. This will be the
| southern terminus of the Nebraska, South
| ern and Lincoln extension, also the Tai
| mage Crete branch, and movements are on
| foot to build extens on side tracks and
| warehouses.
REV. MOSES ROGERS, who had been
preaching Methodist doctrines seventy
years, died at Fresh Ponds, Long Island, in
| his ninety-f fourth year. He was lineal
descendant of John Rogers, who was
burned at the stake in England in the
sixteenth century.
JOHN A. ELLIOTT, long prominent in
Iowa politics and atfairs, died at Des
Moines recently.
A BLOODY ten-round fight occurred re-
Gently on an island in the Missouri river,
twenty miles from Omaha, between jim
Lindsay and j. Clarke. Lindsay punished
Clarke severely, knocking HIM senseless in
the tenth round. A large crowd witnessed
the encounter.
Two men, bridge workmen, att mpt
an entrance into n house occupied by John
Bolts, barber, 1T Chadron, Neb. MIR.
Bolts not being at home, Mrs. Bolts told
them to keep out, bu, this they refused to
do, and upon their continuing to force an
entrance into the Eousc, she fired at item
with a 44-calibre revolver and hit them
both, the same ball passing through both
men in the neighborhood of the groin
The public are Of lie opinion that the lady
was justified in shooting two strangers WHO
thus attempted forcitle entrance into
pIiNate uWeIliHS.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch repeats the
old report that powderly will refus, to old
the office of general master workman of
the Knights of Labor after October, but
adds the new statement that he intends to
take the stump in New York for the pur-
pose of working against Blaine, max ing
the tariff question the chief issue against
him.
SYLvANNs SWEETS refusal to accept
the New York labor party S nomination for
state engineer and surveyor has caused
commotion in labor circles. Mr. Sweets
declination is regarded in various lights By
labor men. The soc ,alists attribute it to
Sweets dislike of Georges autocratic
methods and the character of the Syracuse
platform. 1t is predicted by Georges OPP
ponents that Blaine republican vii! get
Sweets place on the ticket.
The famous Glenn lill has been shelved
in the Georgia legislature. The lower
house has, however, adopted resolu ion
declaring that the co-education OF the
races is contrary to the intent of the con-
stitution, and directing the governor not TO
draw his warrant for the appropriation of
$4,000 to the Atlanta univ, rsity until he
receives satisfac!o ory assurance that ii will
be devoted exclusively to the instruction of
colored children. The negroes are sal to
be jubilant over this action, while the DEM
ocrats regard it as a happy deliverance
from very preplexing situat on.